NOTICE: to download music see bottom of lyrics ( you can play it on WMP or Itunes) ABSOLUTISM
Absolutism always gets it's way
leaving the common people to pay
higher taxes and rent, all their income is spent where is fair government?
Born into a royal bloodline
given the power to rule divine is the blood in your veins really finer than mine?
Henry VIII thought he was a great
wanted a son, but couldn't get one
started a new religion so he could get some
divine right gave him the green light
to rule supreme
his world grew stronger in the face of criticism
he was the founder of a new religion ANGLICANISM
Marie's mother was an Austrian queen
who married her off to Louis XVI
they inherited the throne, partied at Versailles
while the poor were left to starve and die
the tensions grew from the Third Estate
and the people in the streets would decide their fate
the common man, rebels and the bourgeoisie
would bring about the death of Louis and Marie
Charles turned left at the Petition of Right
started a fight
he thought he was above the law he refused the law, abused the law
little did he know his time was near
execution abuse of power
he fell from his tower
his son had to leave no thoughts to retrieve
no chance to grieve
supports fled and dispersed
fearing the worst leading to misery
no chance of victory
Charles the First's legacy
YOU RULED ABSOLUTE
OUR VOICES WERE MUTED DILUTED
YOUR WORD WAS TO SHOCK AND AWE
A FATAL FLAW
RULE WAS DIVINE BACK IN HISTORY'S TIME
BUT REMEMBER
YOU BLOOD IS NO BETTER THAN MINE
Divine Right was a trend
brought to an end by enlightened men
who said rulers had to defend
our natural born rights
and if they don't, we can rise up and fight
and overthrow the crown
until the old regime comes
tumbling down
LET THE PEOPLE BE HEARD-- LET THE PEOPLE BE HEARD ---LET THE PEOPLE BE HEARD
Bryant T, Stanley, Dominque, Tenai, Mathew C, Loubna,
NOTICE: to download music see bottom of lyrics ( you can play it on WMP or Itunes)ABSOLUTISM
Absolutism always gets it's way
leaving the common people to pay
higher taxes and rent, all their income is spent
where is fair government?
Born into a royal bloodline
given the power to rule divine
is the blood in your veins really finer than mine?
Henry VIII thought he was a great
wanted a son, but couldn't get one
started a new religion so he could get some
divine right gave him the green light
to rule supreme
his world grew stronger in the face of criticism
he was the founder of a new religion ANGLICANISM
Marie's mother was an Austrian queen
who married her off to Louis XVI
they inherited the throne, partied at Versailles
while the poor were left to starve and die
the tensions grew from the Third Estate
and the people in the streets would decide their fate
the common man, rebels and the bourgeoisie
would bring about the death of Louis and Marie
Charles turned left at the Petition of Right
started a fight
he thought he was above the law
he refused the law, abused the law
little did he know his time was near
execution abuse of power
he fell from his tower
his son had to leave no thoughts to retrieve
no chance to grieve
supports fled and dispersed
fearing the worst leading to misery
no chance of victory
Charles the First's legacy
YOU RULED ABSOLUTE
OUR VOICES WERE MUTED DILUTED
YOUR WORD WAS TO SHOCK AND AWE
A FATAL FLAW
RULE WAS DIVINE BACK IN HISTORY'S TIME
BUT REMEMBER
YOU BLOOD IS NO BETTER THAN MINE
Divine Right was a trend
brought to an end by enlightened men
who said rulers had to defend
our natural born rights
and if they don't, we can rise up and fight
and overthrow the crown
until the old regime comes
tumbling down
LET THE PEOPLE BE HEARD-- LET THE PEOPLE BE HEARD ---LET THE PEOPLE BE HEARD